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Parking

Hurray, parking is free! Our parking area is able to accommodate approximately 150 cars and a few coach buses. Please note: designated parking areas may be marked for buses and wedding parties please respect these designations if you see them.

Directions

IMPORTANT: Watch for and follow our Blue Ontario Tourism Signs on the highways.

Whistling Gardens GPS: 42°59’55.94″N, 80°17’49.86″W

Kitchener, Waterloo and Surrounding Area

Please consider using the following directions and not Google Directions. It can save over an hour of driving! It is the easiest, and most direct route. Zoom out from our Google map and see.

Access Trussler Road via Hwy 7/8 or from Fischer Hallman through Roseville Rd. Leaving Waterloo municipality, the road name changes to Brant Oxford Road/Puttown Road (same road).

  • Arriving at Hwy 2, (stop sign) turn left and follow to Hwy 24 (just outside of Paris)
  • Turn right on Hwy 24 south and follow to Concession 3 Wilsonville. Watch for Blue Tourism sign on Hwy 24.
  • Turn left and follow to 698 Concession 3 passing through the hamlet of Wilsonville – 4km

Travel time from Hwy 7/8 – Trussler Road junction to Whistling Gardens, approximately 45 minutes.

West of Brantford
  • Take 403 to Hwy 24 South exit.
  • Turn right. Follow until Concession 3 Wilsonville.
  • Three concessions past Scotland. Turn left onto Concession 3. (Blue Tourism sign on Hwy 24).
  • Continue straight after the stop sign and we are located on the right-hand side. 698 Concession 3.
Hamilton, Toronto and East
  • Take 403 Westbound to Exit Cainsville/Garden Ave. Turn left at the stop light. Follow Blue Tourism sign.
  • Continue on County Road 18 leaving outskirts of Brantford to traffic lights (Just over the Grand River Bridge) Blue Tourism sign just before lights.
  • Turn left onto Cockshutt Road. Special Note: Cockshutt Road makes a 90 degree left turn at Fescue’s Edge Golf Course. There is a turning lane. Watch for the Blue Tourism sign!
  • After making this 90 degree left turn, continue to Concession 3. (Just before large grain/corn towers) Also small Blue Tourism sign just before the turn.
  • Turn right and follow 2km to Whistling Gardens 698 Concession 3.

Note: If you miss the turn, you will arrive in Oakland,ON at the traffic light. (Gas Station in front of you).

  • Turn left and follow to Stop sign in Wilsonville, ON ( 3 minutes)
  • Turn left and follow to 698 Concession Wilsonville, ON (2 minutes)

Travel time from 403 Cainsville exit to Whistling Gardens: approximately 20 minutes.

Brantford Direct

Option 1:
Take Old Hwy 24 (Pleasant Ridge Road) to the stop sign in Wilsonville and turn left onto Concession 3. 698 Concession 3.

Option 2: 
Take Erie Avenue south (past Casino), it becomes Cockshutt Rd.

Special Note: Cockshutt Road makes a 90 degree left turn at Fescue’s Edge Golf Course. There is a turning lane!!!

  • After making this 90 degree left turn, continue to Concession 3.
  • Just before large grain/corn towers, Blue Tourism sign on the Cockshutt Rd.,
  • Turn right and follow 2km to Whistling Gardens 698 Concession 3.

Note: If you miss the turn, you will arrive in Oakland, ON at the Traffic light. (Gas Station in front of you).

  • Turn left and follow to Stop sign in Wilsonville, ON (3 minutes)
  • Turn left and follow to 698 Concession Wilsonville, ON (2 minutes)

Travel time from Casino to Whistling Gardens is approximately 15 minutes.